List of movies banned in India - Page 3

In 2003, the Indian Censor Board banned the film 'Gulabi Aaina (The Pink Mirror)', a film on Indian transsexuals produced and directed by Sridhar Rangayan. The censor board cited that the film was 'vulgar and offensive'. The filmmaker appealed twice again unsuccessfully. The film still remains banned in India, but has screened at numerous festivals all over the world and won awards. The critics have appluaded it for its 'sensitive and touching portrayal of marginalized community'. BBC, YIDFF, Queer India

I watched Amu, and I really liked it. I heard that b/c of the whole production house backing out, and censor board giving it trouble-they just released it on DVD.

Originally posted by: -bluemoon-

I guess I am the Imtiaz fanatic Riya is talking about. But I did watch the film for Anurag Kashyap. My Imtiaz fanaticism hadn't quite started then.

Black Friday was banned for 3 years because of a court case by the people accused in the 1993 blast case. They said the film would influence the judges into convicting them since they used actual names in the film. Mahesh Bhatt also joined them saying that the film showed Muslims in a bad light, but people said all of this without even seeing it. And If you have watched the movie you would know that it is unbelievably unbiased.

But the decision was quite odd since the film is based on a book by S Hussein Zaidi which was not banned and also named names.

The film finally released in 2007 when the trial was over.

I loved Black Friday, it was a pity that were so many problems in releasing it.

Anurags' other movie- I think it was called 'Paanch' about a rock band, drugs etc has still not seen the light of the day. It stars Kay Kay Menon 7 Padmini Kolhapuri's sister.